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Resolving the Protagonist's Internal and External Conflicts

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As Secretary of the English Literature Department and all the teachers who helped with lectures. MIFTAHUL KHAERIYAH, CONFLICTS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN MARK TWAIN'S "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER", (Under the guidance of Dr. Abidin Pammu, MA. The purpose of this study is to analyze the internal and external conflicts that occur between characters, and the resolution of conflicts found in Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dimana data utama diambil dari novel berjudul The Prince and The Pauper karya Mark Twain. MIFTAHUL KHAERIYAH, KONFLIK KARAKTER UTAMA DALAM “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER” karya MARK TWAIN, (di bawah bimbingan Dr. Abidin Pammu, MA. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dimana data utamanya diambil dari novel berjudul The Prince and The Pauper oleh Mark Twain.

Background

Internal conflict is a conflict that occurs in the heart or soul of a character in a story. In this study, the researcher aims to elaborate on the conflict in "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper is one of the classic works of literature that is very interesting to study.

The strength of this novel lies in each character playing a role, plus the figures of the Prince of Wales and Tom Canty who continue to adapt and explore their respective characters. In The Prince and The Pauper, Mark Twain tells the story of life in the old city of London between a Prince of London and a poor boy from the Offal Court. The Prince and The Pauper tells the story of a poor family in a corner of London in the 16th century, the Canty Family, who gave birth to a son named Tom Canty.

The problem arises when Tom Canty meets Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, outside the palace. The conflict becomes tense as the Prince of Wales listens to all the ramblings of Tom Canty and what he wants to be. The issue is made even more tense when the Prince of Wales, who turns out to be Tom Canty, is called mad because he doesn't remember anything about the kingdom.

Therefore, the author formulates the title of this study as Conflicts of the Main Character in Mark Twain "The Prince and The Pauper". What is the internal and external conflict in the novel The Prince and the Pauper.

Objectives of the Study

This bachelor's thesis, entitled “Conflict of the main character in Mark Twain's The Prince and The Pauper”, consists of five chapters. Chapter one is the introduction which consists of the background of the writing, the identification of the problem, the research question, the purpose of the research and the order of writing. Chapter two consists of a literature review, discussing some previous research and applying some theories to support this analysis.

Chapter four contains the analysis of this thesis, which contains structural aspects of The Prince and The Pauper, internal and external conflicts of the main character and the way the main character solves the problem of the conflict about the main character. In this chapter, the author discusses literature review, which consists of previous research, the structuralist approach, the concept and theory of conflict.

Previous Study

7 describes how Stella Grant is the main character in her life with all the problems she experiences. He experienced various conflicts, whether conflicts between people and people and people with nature. Harmula (2015) analyzes in the thesis The Analysis of conflict Between the Main Character in Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite runner" the conflict between two main characters in the novel.

The author showed the beginning of the conflict, the development of the conflict and the ending conflict. Mulatsiwi (2016) in Social Stratification in Mark Twain's The Prince and The Pauper Novel (1881): A Sociological Approach. The problem of this research is how social stratification dominates in Mark Twain's The Prince and The Pauper.

The results clearly show that there is a close connection between this novel and the social reality in America in the nineteenth century. Twain wanted to criticize an example of stratification practices in nineteenth-century America through the novel The Prince and the Pauper. Previous research has similarities with this research, mainly in the analysis of conflict, but using a different subject, namely the novel The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. 8 in the novel The Prince and the Pauper has never been performed before, especially in the Faculty of Cultural Studies of Hasanuddin University.

Structuralism Approach

9 so-called elements of literary works, especially those found in the novel according to Mukarovsky and Vodica i Ratna states that the elements contained in the novel include the theme, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, message and style. Therefore, to understand the meaning of literary works optimally, structuralism analysis, namely the building blocks of literary works, is a stage that is difficult to avoid or, more extreme, it must be done. By using approach, the author intends to maintain the objectivity of a literary work, so that in order to understand its meaning, literary works must be studied from their own structure, independent of historical background, independent of the author's intentions, and independent of their effect on readers.

Based on the theory of structuralism approach, the author focuses only on intrinsic element in the novel. Furthermore, the author describes the intrinsic element of literary works such as character, plot, conflict, setting, theme related to identifying the conflict in The Prince and the Pauper. Character is the most important element in a story because character plays an important role in the course of events in the story.

Therefore, the main character really determines the development of the story plot as a whole Nurgiyantoro Additional characters are characters whose appearance is usually ignored, or at least receives attention Nurgiyantoro. Setting becomes one of the important elements in literary work because of its function of creating the atmosphere of the story and leading readers to imagine the situation of the story. There are three types of settings, namely setting of place, setting of time and setting of society.

The use of setting in a story is usually not only to indicate when and where the story takes place, but also as a place to take on the values ​​that the author wants to express through the story. The setting of the society suggests things that are related to the behavior of the social life of the community in the place that the works of fiction are talking about.

Theme

Plot

Concept of The Conflict

The internal conflict can be called man against himself, and the external conflict encompasses man and against man, man against nature, man against fate. Internal conflict, also called man versus self, is a conflict that exists within a character. External conflict can be divided into two categories, namely physical conflict and Nurgiyantoro social conflict.

Unlike the internal conflict, the external conflict is the conflict that occurs due to the external factor, it can be said that the character deals with the speech problem. Conflict can be a recurring theme throughout the story or at a specific point in time. Man vs. Nature occurs when the characters find themselves at odds with the forces of nature in the form of a natural disaster or experiencing a dangerous situation.

Character being struck by lightning, or character whose boat sinks in a storm are examples of conflict between humans and nature. Man versus society exists when characters struggle against the morals of their culture and government. Man versus society is usually presented by someone trying to fight against the rules set in society.

Man against society can be said as a type of rebellion of someone who wants to change what the character in society thinks is negative to become positive. Man vs. Destiny happens when a character is forced to follow an unknown destiny, even though they don't like it.

Theory of Conflict

20, that Western society developed through the four main eras primitive communism, ancient society, feudal society and capitalist society. Primitive communism was represented by prehistoric society and is the only example of a classless society. From that time, the whole society was divided into two main classes - masters and slaves in old societies, masters and slaves in feudal and capitalist societies, and wage workers in capitalist societies.

Dahrendorf's works are inextricably linked to the thoughts and works of Karl Marx. Dahrendorf seems less satisfied with Marx's analyzes and concepts. He then suggested that the theories and concepts presented by Marx could be updated again when analyzing modern industrial society. Dahrendorf argues that we must "replace the ownership, or non-ownership, of viable private property with the activity of, or rejection of, authority as the rule of class development:" Through social class, such coordinated or disorderly collectivizations of people are seen. as evidenced by inert interests arising from and identifying with the position structure of important planned relationships.

From the meanings of sleep and shows intrigue it follows that social classes are constantly warring assemblages" Dahrendorf (1959:238). According to Dahrendorf, Marx refers only to capitalist society, while there have been significant changes in the social structure since Marx wrote. These changes led to the emergence of a new society, which was called a modern industrial or post-capitalist society. According to Marx, "conflict leads not only to

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